The National - 'I'll Still Destroy You'

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • www.americanmar... | www.4AD.com
    Sleep Well Beast, out now: 4ad.co/SleepWel...
    Directed by Allan Sigurðsson and Ragnar Kjartansson
    Produced by Lilja Gunnarsdóttir, Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir and Haven Festival
    Cinematography: Allan Sigurðsson, Víðir Sigurðsson, Andreas Bønding Jakobsen
    Editing: Allan Sigurðsson
    Set design: Anda Skrejane, Christoph Fischer, Camilla Hägebarth, Julia Krawczynski

КОМЕНТАРІ • 274

  • @skyelamp
    @skyelamp 6 років тому +174

    "this one's like your mother's arms | when she was young and sunburnt in the eighties - it lasts forever" always gets me.

    • @mikeigoe
      @mikeigoe 6 років тому +16

      Me too, it's such a weird mix of sad and happy from such a tiny detail - but they're always the best ones.

    • @ripelivejam
      @ripelivejam 5 років тому

      The whole heels against the wall part gets me as it's about Matt's kid I'm pretty sure and about he feels dead set that he's stilll going to manage to fuck it up.

    • @user-cd8yi4dk6p
      @user-cd8yi4dk6p 5 років тому +2

      I don't get it, can you explain it please?

    • @Mitch-Cumstein
      @Mitch-Cumstein 5 років тому +7

      @@ripelivejam well he would be right. I dont think there is anyone in this world who is a parent and didnt go through the pain of fucking up your kid in one way or another. Some less then others, buts its just how it goes.

  • @Tinydude10
    @Tinydude10 6 років тому +192

    Matt's lyrics consistently manage to find a line between sad and silly, classy and goofy. This video captures that perfectly.

    • @kubrickking5101
      @kubrickking5101 5 років тому +5

      Tinydude10 agree completely, but I’d add that he can be/often is very poetic as well, when he wants to be. I like how he doesn’t over use it so to speak. Perfect balance of ambiguity/strangeness/awkwardness/abstractness vs. humanness/everydayness/genuineness/simplicity. The verses contrasted with the prechorus/chorus in this song display this very vividly.

    • @spiceguy94
      @spiceguy94 3 роки тому

      Well put!!!

    • @alecabrera63
      @alecabrera63 2 роки тому

      YES!

  • @alaskansmusic
    @alaskansmusic 6 років тому +66

    This is one of those special songs you can listen when you're sad, or happy. It always fits.

  • @man4437
    @man4437 6 років тому +235

    Probably the best song on the album. Not even overhyping. They really did the indietronica sound well here.

    • @shadibadawi4598
      @shadibadawi4598 6 років тому

      Maybe because they are Obama 's supporters? Are they Russian? 🙄

    • @ejcandrin
      @ejcandrin 6 років тому +1

      Moreover, one of their best songs ever.

    • @luiscartaxeiro54
      @luiscartaxeiro54 5 років тому +1

      Perfect! This music is the best of the album! The drums, as usual, are galactic!

  • @akizza47
    @akizza47 6 років тому +92

    "I'm going crazy, but I'm not crazy"
    Absolute lyrical masterpiece
    .
    Devastated that they don't play this in their setlist more often!

    • @Teeheehee093
      @Teeheehee093 6 років тому +2

      Kieran They will now that it's a single.

    • @akizza47
      @akizza47 6 років тому +5

      I hope some people can experience it! I'm devastated I didn't get to see it live because matt had trouble with the timings so refused to sing it for a while. I think this will be a song they will play for years to come however.

    • @SeverinPerovic
      @SeverinPerovic 6 років тому +2

      They don't play it often? I swear I've seen it on every single setlist from the past tour so far, but I might be mistaken.

    • @akizza47
      @akizza47 6 років тому +2

      Not the ones that mattered! (aka the ones I went to :P )

    • @SeverinPerovic
      @SeverinPerovic 6 років тому +1

      Which gig did you go to? I'm sifting through setlist.fm to see what they've played when and I'm desperately hoping they play it when I see them on Thursday, seeing as it's my favourite song off the new album I think.

  • @abhisheksharma6617
    @abhisheksharma6617 6 років тому +151

    This album took time to grow on me, but when it grew , it grew like a motherfucker!

    • @PapaLazarou1977
      @PapaLazarou1977 6 років тому +1

      Couldn't agree more, their best work to date, and that's saying something!

    • @hkd10901
      @hkd10901 5 років тому

      Right with ya on that one. One of my favorite bands and i was bummed when I first heard it a few times then...BOOM! loved it!

  • @Eliez39
    @Eliez39 6 років тому +83

    One of my favourite songs ever, most definitely. The way the chorus kicks in with such a delicate, sweet melody (and such wonderful melancholic words) makes me want to cry every damn time. And some lines... "I'm just trying to stay in touch with/ Anything I'm still in touch with"... thanks guys.

    • @aztbastian
      @aztbastian 6 років тому +2

      perfect description of the chorus. You found the words i was missing :)

    • @rossheathorn121
      @rossheathorn121 2 роки тому

      I'm always crying this makes me stop. Irony x

  • @thatsmyboye
    @thatsmyboye 6 років тому +51

    pretty accurate depiction of what it's like to go to a National show imo

    • @JR-dd4ec
      @JR-dd4ec 6 років тому

      boyep2 just eat a whole bunch of stool softeners. You'll achieve the same effect

  • @davidcline471
    @davidcline471 5 років тому +12

    Honestly, what the fuck IS the line "This one's like your mother's arms when she was young and sunburnt in the 80s, that last forever." Stupefyingly beautiful; the idea that you could find the warmth of your mother's sun kissed arms in ANYTHING else, to see it in anything at all outside of the fleeting memory of it, to me, is, a staggering idea. And that's just one line of this song. Completely rocked to my core.

  • @my.neighbor.mosquito
    @my.neighbor.mosquito 6 років тому +100

    It's like the Apartment Story video grew up and got wild. Splendid.

  • @shiznicks74
    @shiznicks74 3 роки тому +30

    The National are one of the most important American bands of the last quarter century.

  • @elliemartin507
    @elliemartin507 6 років тому +9

    For some reason the lines 'This one's like your mother's arms when she was young and sunburnt in the 80's' really gets to me. It gives this idea of memory and the passing of time. It makes me think about how my current state of being will pass, and I'll look back and remember these times that I'm in now.

  • @OneWhoTiles
    @OneWhoTiles 6 років тому +49

    You know, for a minimalist French ballet composer Bryce sure can write bangers.

  • @BabyTrunks66
    @BabyTrunks66 6 років тому +51

    The more level they have me
    The more I cannot stand me
    I have helpless friendships
    And bad taste in liquids

  • @uchabedukadze4464
    @uchabedukadze4464 6 років тому +186

    It's so easy to set off
    The molecules and the caplets
    They all have something against me
    Nothing I do makes me feel different
    This one's like your sister's best friends in a bath calling you to join them
    Can't avoid them
    This one's like your mother's arms when she was young and sunburned in the '80s
    It lasts forever
    The more level they have me
    The more I cannot stand me
    I have helpless friendships
    And bad taste in liquids
    This one's like the wilderness without the world
    I'm gonna miss those long nights with the windows open
    I keep re-reading the same lines always up at 5am every morning
    Like a baby
    It's just the lights coming on
    It's just the lights coming on
    I have no positions
    No point of view or vision
    I'm just trying to stay in touch with anything I'm still in touch with
    The sky's getting white
    I can't find a lighter anywhere I'm going crazy
    But I'm not crazy
    Put your heels against the wall
    I swear you got a little bit taller since I saw you
    I'll still destroy you
    It's just the lights coming on
    It's just the lights coming on

  • @ravinecelerio78
    @ravinecelerio78 4 роки тому +10

    One of the best thing in my life is to encounter their music... Such an ethereal beauty.

  • @TaulantLucaBalla
    @TaulantLucaBalla 5 років тому +6

    This album is a masterpiece. The music keeps getting better, but the lyrics are otherworldly.

  • @kayleyraemusic
    @kayleyraemusic 4 роки тому +6

    “I’m just trying to stay in touch with anything I’m still in touch with.”

  • @rockdoublard
    @rockdoublard 6 років тому +5

    Love the instrumental part at the end, with Matt getting a champagne shower over his hair then pouring plenty of champ' on his mate's shoulder. ^_^

  • @dzonwatson9718
    @dzonwatson9718 6 років тому +6

    I wanted to say this is one of my favourite songs on this album, but actually they all are

  • @mathy30000
    @mathy30000 6 років тому +6

    But what talent !!! I am impressed by so much beauty in music and the voice of Matt Berninger is perfect ...

  • @rebeccaselley
    @rebeccaselley 6 років тому +6

    Thank you so much for this beautiful song. It is changing my life for the better. It's very hard when you want to change and you're so scared of destroying your loved ones. This will be my anthem for this time of great change.

  • @tomwhitham1538
    @tomwhitham1538 6 років тому +10

    Can't stop watching this - quite simply the most 'National' National video... if that makes sense.

  • @brettnelson674
    @brettnelson674 6 років тому +12

    Bryan absolutely wrecks it on the drums on this song, wow

  • @HadaAzul1901
    @HadaAzul1901 6 років тому +13

    I'm now eternally sad I never got to trash this bar

  • @SteeScribbles
    @SteeScribbles 6 років тому +9

    Matt with the champagne towards the end. Brilliant.

  • @diogoroman675
    @diogoroman675 2 роки тому +4

    This is one of the best song in music history

  • @Tores1470
    @Tores1470 6 років тому +69

    those fucking drums man

    • @drktrs
      @drktrs 6 років тому +1

      dude is a magician

  • @javierrodriguez4707
    @javierrodriguez4707 6 років тому +6

    The coolest video for my favourite song of the album. YES!

  • @hgjig
    @hgjig 6 років тому +6

    Yet another masterpiece! I just love it when music makes you go through emotions and memories like that. Love you guys

  • @therebellion96
    @therebellion96 6 років тому +41

    It's like a chaotic crescendo of peace and madness.
    ...With a little ecstasy in between.

    • @bichodomatoexe
      @bichodomatoexe 6 років тому

      Crescendo?

    • @redman9230
      @redman9230 6 років тому

      Pretentious

    • @therebellion96
      @therebellion96 6 років тому

      Luigi Ghost The ending of it was, I guess. I don't know. I was kinda high when I wrote that.

    • @francescob3441
      @francescob3441 6 років тому

      crescendo is an italian word

  • @khojanekhethisa9711
    @khojanekhethisa9711 2 роки тому +1

    The drummer is so tight. What wonderful sound to the ear

  • @junkyarddog303
    @junkyarddog303 11 місяців тому +1

    One of their best. And there are a lot of them.

  • @ABOODM7
    @ABOODM7 6 років тому +8

    i'm surprised they picked this one to videoclip it ! :) i love this

  • @HunterHunter93
    @HunterHunter93 4 роки тому +2

    I cant even explain how awesome this song is.

  • @ShiruSama1
    @ShiruSama1 6 років тому +7

    I love this band.

  • @Koshirozation
    @Koshirozation 4 роки тому +3

    It's so easy to set off
    The molecules and the caplets
    They all have something against me
    Nothing I do makes me feel different
    This one's like your sister's best friends in a bath calling you to join them
    Can't avoid them
    This one's like your mother's arms when she was young and sunburned in the '80s
    It lasts forever
    [Verse 2]
    The more level they have me
    The more I cannot stand me
    I have helpless friendships
    And bad taste in liquids
    This one's like the wilderness without the world
    I'm gonna miss those long nights with the windows open
    I keep re-reading the same lines always up at 5am every morning
    Like a baby

  • @nena7ism
    @nena7ism 6 років тому +4

    I have no positions
    No point of view or vision
    I'm just trying to stay in touch with
    Anything I'm still in touch with...
    Matts vocal is one of the best ever
    can't wait to see the National on the 10th of July in Zagreb....

  • @2808879
    @2808879 6 років тому +5

    This album is super!! All the songs are epic🙌

  • @HunterHunter93
    @HunterHunter93 4 роки тому +2

    This song is perfect

  • @TchockyPuritan
    @TchockyPuritan 6 років тому +2

    Great video, amazing song. Sleep Well Beast is an album I have been listenning to daily since it came out.

  • @MikeMcLarty
    @MikeMcLarty 6 років тому +9

    Subtle and powerful.

  • @MrThiagoramos2010
    @MrThiagoramos2010 6 років тому +8

    Brasil ama vocês. 😍

  • @bc1713
    @bc1713 6 років тому +1

    Love this song.. Keep coming back

  • @hosseinheydari385
    @hosseinheydari385 6 років тому +32

    Best song on the album.

    • @sCot665
      @sCot665 6 років тому +3

      Nope. Carin at the liquor store

    • @bichodomatoexe
      @bichodomatoexe 6 років тому +1

      Day i die>>>>

    • @dvxdvx93
      @dvxdvx93 6 років тому +4

      Empire Line tho

    • @callum7081
      @callum7081 6 років тому +1

      Muchos Hornos carin at the liquor store?

    • @KJESUS
      @KJESUS 6 років тому +2

      This one and Empire Line

  • @agness.319
    @agness.319 6 місяців тому

    Everything about this song is perfect!

  • @JoLoughrey
    @JoLoughrey 3 роки тому +1

    I'll have whatever they're on. Thank you.

  • @Adlucinor
    @Adlucinor 6 років тому

    I don’t know what it is about this song, but it brings me to tears. I don’t know if I’ll quite work out why, but I probably shouldn’t try and work it out. Instead, I’ll just appreciate its capacity to make me feel incredible.

  • @allymcbealsfan
    @allymcbealsfan 6 років тому +2

    my favorite from this album!!

  • @Volta317
    @Volta317 4 роки тому +2

    Los amo!! El concierto del pepsi center fue algo hermoso ❤️❤️

  • @ImTopin
    @ImTopin 6 років тому +1

    Definitely one of my favorite songs of the album.

  • @Al-iz2bk
    @Al-iz2bk 6 років тому

    I wasn't expecting another great album from them this year or maybe ever. But it's been on repeat for a month now. And I particularly like this song. Good work guys!

  • @whattheheck7984
    @whattheheck7984 3 роки тому +1

    Favorite song from this album

  • @ericdietzen4007
    @ericdietzen4007 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent. You guys are pros.

  • @anastasiapestroiu7528
    @anastasiapestroiu7528 6 років тому +2

    So glad this one got a vid!! Well deserved

  • @erikalin3782
    @erikalin3782 5 років тому +1

    I woke up too early this morning, and this song just kept playing in my mind.

  • @ripelivejam
    @ripelivejam 5 років тому +2

    Sounds like it's at least partially about Matt's kid. The "i'll still destroy you" title/line makes that all the sadder.

  • @TaulantLucaBalla
    @TaulantLucaBalla 5 років тому +1

    Saw them at the Bell House in BK when they were up and coming and I knew I was seeing a special band.

  • @trueee4229
    @trueee4229 6 років тому +2

    I were at that place''Dope og Korruption'' a tent at their festival in Denmark called Haven

  • @GCLU
    @GCLU 6 років тому +1

    In general not my favorite of their albums but this song is easily my favorite along with Carin. Great background music.
    Was terrific seeing you live in Queens

  • @scottobrien873
    @scottobrien873 Рік тому +2

    I always thought he sang "the molecules and the Capulets" but that's just the English major in me.

  • @Sharon_Cort
    @Sharon_Cort 6 років тому +55

    Has anyone been to their show yet? Deciding if I should go to their concert on the 25th.
    Should or shouldn't I?
    UPDATE: I went tot he show and can recommend it. Although he forgot the lyrics a few times, overal it was a good show and I loved the more raw sound

    • @KateJaparidzeIII
      @KateJaparidzeIII 6 років тому +12

      Sharon I've been a huge fan of The National for years now and have seen them at Down the Rabbit Hole festival last year and it was one the best shows I've seen, very pure. Going to both show on the 25th and 26th in Amsterdam, I definitely wouldn't miss it. The tickets are not very expensive at the moment on Ticketswap. See you there!

    • @Inezhko
      @Inezhko 6 років тому +8

      Of course you should! I saw them last year in Italy, such a beautiful evening!

    • @nadinea4987
      @nadinea4987 6 років тому +6

      Go! I saw them Saturday at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Usually I'm into heavier, doomier, noisier rock, but that evening was such a sweet treat. They are awesome musicians. Plus the voice live...mhhhhmmm.

    • @davidgroeneweg
      @davidgroeneweg 6 років тому +1

      I went to their show in London a few weeks ago, they were amazing. They played a long set, and most of the new record (I already enjoyed it but I enjoy a lot more now after I've heard the songs live). Go!

    • @theproleswillrise
      @theproleswillrise 6 років тому +5

      best live band in the world. that's not even remotely hyperbole either.

  • @johnzulu2565
    @johnzulu2565 6 років тому +3

    Intensely good song!

  • @freekvonk8586
    @freekvonk8586 6 років тому

    always nice to see a good song thats longer than 3 minutes

  • @TheDaemonarch
    @TheDaemonarch 5 років тому +1

    this one got to be their most happy song.

  • @stephenlowe4327
    @stephenlowe4327 6 років тому

    What can i say. Matt Besser has impeccable taste. brought me here. And am here to stay.

  • @sigurboy5545
    @sigurboy5545 6 років тому +2

    Best song since England 💖

  • @Chrisnotthefirst
    @Chrisnotthefirst 6 років тому +1

    I first heard these guys via Bloodbuzz on prog radio in 2010. I thought it was pretty good, so I researched the band's ouevre and discovered Bloodbuzz wasn't all that impressive compared to their earlier genius. In particular, I loved the quirky construction of classics like All Dolled up in Straps or Bitters & Absolut. What would it be like if the National ever composed a brilliantly quirky song that would still work in the large arena phase of their career? This is that song.

  • @werdumed6665
    @werdumed6665 6 років тому +72

    It appears Jurgen Klopp has taken a break from managing, doing a good job of it also.

    • @michaelgreenwalt2547
      @michaelgreenwalt2547 6 років тому +3

      "you'll never drink alone" c'mon you reds!

    • @Sans-7-c8x
      @Sans-7-c8x 6 років тому +2

      Ask him if he can trade Lovern for Devendorf

    • @DomHowardsFluoPants
      @DomHowardsFluoPants 6 років тому

      and Albie for Bryce

    • @debzdv3178
      @debzdv3178 6 років тому

      Looks like him all rite

    • @att4139
      @att4139 6 років тому +1

      More like Walter White from the end of Breaking Bad.

  • @StarMintaka
    @StarMintaka 6 років тому +5

    This is everything to me right now. Depression sucks

    • @foglias
      @foglias 6 років тому +4

      The more level they have me, the more I cannot stand me. Now that feeling perfectly...

    • @gansiii
      @gansiii 5 років тому +1

      **give you big hug**

    • @StarMintaka
      @StarMintaka 4 роки тому +1

      @@gansiii hi! Can't believe I didn't notice your comment. Thank you ❤

  • @camila4215
    @camila4215 2 роки тому

    i love you guys so much it hurts

  • @pavelrocampo2980
    @pavelrocampo2980 6 років тому +1

    My fav!

  • @TheForlornEidolon777
    @TheForlornEidolon777 6 років тому

    I love this song!!

  • @noridarodriguez7087
    @noridarodriguez7087 6 років тому +2

    Maravilloso

  • @A.Raposo
    @A.Raposo 6 років тому

    I love these guy

  • @greenwoodtmn1052
    @greenwoodtmn1052 6 років тому +4

    ooooooooooooooooooooooohh my godddddddddd this is insane

  • @yourboywie5992
    @yourboywie5992 6 років тому

    The National

  • @gepisora776
    @gepisora776 6 років тому +145

    and i’ll let you destroy me still.

    • @michaelp.4890
      @michaelp.4890 6 років тому +5

      That's what you get for innuendos.

    • @man4437
      @man4437 6 років тому +2

      Seriously? I hate these spambots. Four goddamn spam replies. I got two so far. Weird thing is I mostly see them on National videos.

    • @michaelp.4890
      @michaelp.4890 6 років тому

      I know, I only see them here, and I have tried reporting them several times but UA-cam doesn't delete them.

    • @gepisora776
      @gepisora776 6 років тому +6

      stupid bots ruined my dramatic comment. smh

    • @michaelp.4890
      @michaelp.4890 6 років тому +2

      UA-cam won't take them down even after being flagged. But I don't know why they appear in this band's videos.

  • @billyadesola3995
    @billyadesola3995 6 років тому

    It's an early birthday present. Sigh. I love this band ❤️❤️❤️

  • @caspersj1165
    @caspersj1165 6 років тому

    Herlig video til en af de bedste sange på pladen!

  • @inwinternights
    @inwinternights 6 років тому

    This looks like a perfect night.

  • @mohamedelmoujtahide8262
    @mohamedelmoujtahide8262 6 років тому

    as usual matt is amazing so is the song

  • @morganveitch1422
    @morganveitch1422 3 роки тому

    absolutely adore how you can hear justin vernon of bon iver's falsetto in the background as backing vocals starting at 1:45

  • @rickyputraeryadi
    @rickyputraeryadi 6 років тому

    Lovely song!

  • @bc1713
    @bc1713 6 років тому

    Yes!

  • @demirr9661
    @demirr9661 6 років тому

    This video is done really well

  • @ElianaSilvadeSouza
    @ElianaSilvadeSouza 6 років тому

    Beautiful song :)

  • @ketsis9717
    @ketsis9717 6 років тому +3

    so underrated..

  • @davidcline471
    @davidcline471 5 років тому

    Been listening to this song for days since I saw them at Southside in Dallas and heard them play it live. Its interfering with my life.

  • @thereligion4169
    @thereligion4169 3 роки тому +1

    IDM genre here, never was much into it, until this album came out with some smackers.

  • @JimMitchem
    @JimMitchem 6 років тому +2

    whoa.

  • @mikogale
    @mikogale 6 років тому +6

    i've never seen matt smile

  • @Moment2moment857
    @Moment2moment857 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @tolbiny112
    @tolbiny112 6 років тому

    The best song from sleep well beast

  • @aldahirjunco4918
    @aldahirjunco4918 6 років тому

    Simplemente increíble...

  • @rohsindia
    @rohsindia 6 років тому

    I love you guys.

  • @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-.
    @the-bottom-of-a-black-hole-. 3 роки тому +1

    "If it weren't for cigarettes I wouldn't drink this much. It would be more. If it weren't for God there would be nothing to forsake in the name of ego and self to feel so important to have been forsook once I let go or felt what defined it or me and I don't care about you you are stupid."
    ,dan' (I can't overstand you)

  • @robertopirani6348
    @robertopirani6348 6 років тому +2

    We want "the lights" back! Damned....

    • @muratisik6956
      @muratisik6956 5 років тому

      Roberto Pirani Yes! Yes! They ruined the song. The previous version was much better.

  • @rohsindia
    @rohsindia 6 років тому

    Hate the people who disliked this masterpiece.

  • @LeonardoDambrowski
    @LeonardoDambrowski 6 років тому +2

    Every morning...
    Like a baby...